Definition of apple of their eye

apple of (one's) eye

noun

• something or someone cherished above all others.

  Last edited on Apr 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'apple':
apple	Definitions include: a breast.
apple bottom	Definitions include: a girl with a thick ass
apple field	Definitions include: an orchard.
apples and pears	Definitions include: London Cockney rhyming slang for stairs
Big Apple, the	Definitions include: New York City.
green apple nasties	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple quick step	Definitions include: the act of racing to a bathroom while not defecating (specifically: diarrhea) in one's pants.
green-apple quickstep	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple quick steps, the	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple splatter	Definitions include: diarrhea.
green apple splatters, the	Definitions include: diarrhea, particularly nasty diarrhea
How about them apples?	Definitions include: synonymous with "What do you think about that?"
look like a baby's arm holding an apple	Definitions include: said of a penis, extremely large.
look like a baby's arm with an apple in its fist	Definitions include: said of a penis, to be extremely large.
road apple	Definitions include: horse feces.
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Other terms relating to 'eye':
an eye for the laddies	Definitions include: attracted to young males.
bat an eye	Definitions include: to conspicuously notice.
blue-eyed boy	Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
brown eye	Definitions include: the anus.
bug-eyed	Definitions include: having extremely large eyes.
bum's eye	Definitions include: a metaphorical "eye" that a person with no sense of style has.
easy on the eyes	Definitions include: attractive.
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
eye-bang	Definitions include: to look at a person lustfully.
eye broccoli	Definitions include: an unattractive person.
eyebrowsing	Definitions include: New technology using the movement of the eyes to browse the internet and control your computer, through a headset.
eye candy	Definitions include: an attractive person.
eye crusty	Definitions include: dried eye secretions, most commonly experienced upon waking from a night's sleep; "rheum"; "gound".
eye-f*ck	Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at.
eye-hump	Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at.
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Other terms relating to 'of':
abbreviated piece of nothing	Definitions include: a worthless person.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
a few fries short of a happy meal	Definitions include: "not all there".
afraid of (one's) shadow	Definitions include: skittish.
a grain of *ssault	Definitions include: an amount of violence.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
a hell of a	Definitions include: an impressive.
a hell of an	Definitions include: an impressive.
all kinds of	Definitions include: many.
all of my yes	Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
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